Mailings from "Microsoft" with viruses!!!

[jay]

Has anyone else been getting virus loaded messages
from "Microsoft"? I've received about 10 in the past 3
weeks!!!. Luckily my anti-virus caught all of them!
Though It does not reproduce when copies, it really looks
like a message from MS.

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Microsoft All Products | Support | Search |
Microsoft.com Guide
Microsoft Home


Microsoft User

this is the latest version of security update, the "March
2004, Cumulative Patch" update which fixes all known
security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer,
MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three newly
discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to protect your
computer from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of
which could allow an attacker to run code on your system.
This update includes the functionality of all previously
released patches.


System requirements Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP
This update applies to MS Internet Explorer, version
4.01 and later
MS Outlook, version 8.00 and later
MS Outlook Express, version 4.01 and later
Recommendation Customers should install the patch at the
earliest opportunity.
How to install Run attached file. Choose Yes on
displayed dialog box.
How to use You don't need to do anything after
installing this item.

Microsoft Product Support Services and Knowledge Base
articles can be found on the Microsoft Technical Support
web site. For security-related information about
Microsoft products, please visit the Microsoft Security
Advisor web site, or Contact Us.

Thank you for using Microsoft products.

Please do not reply to this message. It was sent from an
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to any replies.

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[Shenan Stanley]

Has anyone else been getting virus loaded messages
from "Microsoft"? I've received about 10 in the past 3
weeks!!!. Luckily my anti-virus caught all of them!
Though It does not reproduce when copies, it really looks
like a message from MS.

++++++++++++++++++++++
Microsoft All Products | Support | Search |
Microsoft.com Guide
Microsoft Home


Microsoft User

this is the latest version of security update, the "March
2004, Cumulative Patch" update which fixes all known
security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer,
MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three newly
discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to protect your
computer from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of
which could allow an attacker to run code on your system.
This update includes the functionality of all previously
released patches.


System requirements Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP
This update applies to MS Internet Explorer, version
4.01 and later
MS Outlook, version 8.00 and later
MS Outlook Express, version 4.01 and later
Recommendation Customers should install the patch at the
earliest opportunity.
How to install Run attached file. Choose Yes on
displayed dialog box.
How to use You don't need to do anything after
installing this item.

Microsoft Product Support Services and Knowledge Base
articles can be found on the Microsoft Technical Support
web site. For security-related information about
Microsoft products, please visit the Microsoft Security
Advisor web site, or Contact Us.

Thank you for using Microsoft products.

Please do not reply to this message. It was sent from an
unmonitored e-mail address and we are unable to respond
to any replies.

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OLD OLD Very OLD News.

Thanks for posting though.

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

see
http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/authenticate_mail.asp

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Mike
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Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
newsgroups

Has anyone else been getting virus loaded messages
from "Microsoft"? I've received about 10 in the past 3
weeks!!!. Luckily my anti-virus caught all of them!
Though It does not reproduce when copies, it really looks
like a message from MS.

++++++++++++++++++++++
Microsoft All Products | Support | Search |
Microsoft.com Guide
Microsoft Home


Microsoft User

this is the latest version of security update, the "March
2004, Cumulative Patch" update which fixes all known
security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer,
MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three newly
discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to protect your
computer from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of
which could allow an attacker to run code on your system.
This update includes the functionality of all previously
released patches.


System requirements Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP
This update applies to MS Internet Explorer, version
4.01 and later
MS Outlook, version 8.00 and later
MS Outlook Express, version 4.01 and later
Recommendation Customers should install the patch at the
earliest opportunity.
How to install Run attached file. Choose Yes on
displayed dialog box.
How to use You don't need to do anything after
installing this item.

Microsoft Product Support Services and Knowledge Base
articles can be found on the Microsoft Technical Support
web site. For security-related information about
Microsoft products, please visit the Microsoft Security
Advisor web site, or Contact Us.

Thank you for using Microsoft products.

Please do not reply to this message. It was sent from an
unmonitored e-mail address and we are unable to respond
to any replies.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

What you received is the output of a computer infected by one of
several widely publicized, wide-spread, mass emailing worms. The
virus' authors have deliberately spoofed the Microsoft information in
the hopes of garnering more victims. This sort of email has been very
common for at least the past year. The most widely-known are:

W32.Swen.A_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Dumaru_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Gibe_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

Trojan.Xombe
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.xombe.html

Microsoft never has, does not currently, and very probably never
will email unsolicited security patches. At the most, if, and only
if, you subscribe to their security notification newsletter, they will
send you an email informing you that a new patch is available for
downloading.

Microsoft Policies on Software Distribution
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/?url=/technet/security/policy/swdist.asp

Information on Bogus Microsoft Security Bulletin Emails
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/news/patch_hoax.asp

How to Tell If a Microsoft Security-Related Message Is Genuine
http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/authenticate_mail.asp

Remember, any and all legitimate patches and updates are readily
available at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/. You should develop
the habit of checking this site at least once a month to keep your
computer up-to-date. (Notice that this is the true URL, rather than
the bogus one that may have been contained in the email you received.)
Any messages that point to any other source(s) or claim to have the
patch attached are bogus.

You're receiving these emails because your email address is in
the address book of someone infected with a worm, and/or because you
posted your real email address somewhere on-line, either in a forum
accessible to the public and spambots, such as Usenet, or on an
untrustworthy web site that subsequently sold your address as part of
a mailing list. One thing you can do is notify _everyone_ with whom
you've ever corresponded via email that one or more of them may be
infected with a mass emailing worm, and should take the appropriate
steps. You can also ask your ISP to take steps to preclude their mail
server from passing on such emails. Many ISPs have such filtering
capabilities.


Bruce Chambers

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Has anyone else been getting virus loaded messages
from "Microsoft"? I've received about 10 in the past 3
weeks!!!. Luckily my anti-virus caught all of them!
Though It does not reproduce when copies, it really looks
like a message from MS.

++++++++++++++++++++++
Microsoft All Products | Support | Search |
Microsoft.com Guide
Microsoft Home


Microsoft User

this is the latest version of security update, the "March
2004, Cumulative Patch" update which fixes all known
security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer,
MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three newly
discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to protect your
computer from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of
which could allow an attacker to run code on your system.
This update includes the functionality of all previously
released patches.


System requirements Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP
This update applies to MS Internet Explorer, version
4.01 and later
MS Outlook, version 8.00 and later
MS Outlook Express, version 4.01 and later
Recommendation Customers should install the patch at the
earliest opportunity.
How to install Run attached file. Choose Yes on
displayed dialog box.
How to use You don't need to do anything after
installing this item.

Microsoft Product Support Services and Knowledge Base
articles can be found on the Microsoft Technical Support
web site. For security-related information about
Microsoft products, please visit the Microsoft Security
Advisor web site, or Contact Us.

Thank you for using Microsoft products.

Please do not reply to this message. It was sent from an
unmonitored e-mail address and we are unable to respond
to any replies.

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